S. 3717

A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for certain disclosures under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.

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One Hundred Eleventh Congress of the United States of America

2d Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten

S. 3717

AN ACT

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for certain disclosures under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.

1.

Application of the Freedom of Information Act to certain statutes

(a)

Amendments to the Securities and Exchange Act

Section 24 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78x), as amended by section 929I(a) of the Dodd-Frank Consumer Financial Protection and Wall Street Reform Act (Public Law 111–203), is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:

(e)

Freedom of Information Act

For purposes of section 552(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act)—

(1)

the Commission is an agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions; and

(2)

any entity for which the Commission is responsible for regulating, supervising, or examining under this title is a financial institution.

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(b)

Amendments to the Investment Company Act

Section 31 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–30), as amended by section 929I(b) of the Dodd-Frank Consumer Financial Protection and Wall Street Reform Act (Public Law 111–203), is amended—

(1)

by striking subsection (c); and

(2)

by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

(c)

Amendments to the Investment Advisers Act

Section 210 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–10), as amended by section 929I(c) of the Dodd-Frank Consumer Financial Protection and Wall Street Reform Act (Public Law 111–203), is amended by striking subsection (d).

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate